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  • Three Wire Systems an ATP NETCENTS-2 Contract Team Member
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    Three Wire Systems an ATP NETCENTS-2 Contract Team Member

    Three Wire Systems LLC is part of an Ace Technology Partners-led team that will supply information technology products and services to the U.S. Air Force under the branch’s NETCENTS 2 contract vehicle. NETCENTS 2 covers network-centric software and hardware systems for the Defense Department and other federal agencies, according to a Three Wire Systems statement. ATP’s team will […] More

  • Roger Flanagan: Lockheed to Promote Clean Energy Development in Southeastern US
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    Roger Flanagan: Lockheed to Promote Clean Energy Development in Southeastern US

    Lockheed Martin and the Tennessee Valley Authority will be working together to encourage industrial and commercial entities across the southeastern U.S. to invest in clean energy. Lockheed’s energy solutions business will offer smart energy management, systems engineering and operations support services to TVA and utilities through the program, Lockheed said Wednesday. “We will manage incentive […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Help Army Corps of Engineers Build Military Facilities
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    Tetra Tech to Help Army Corps of Engineers Build Military Facilities

    Tetra Tech has been awarded a potential five-year, $60 million contract to provide engineering and architectural services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE intends for the company to help plan, design and run military construction projects in U.S. and overseas locations, Tetra Tech said Thursday. The single-award, indefinite-delivery contract has a one-year base […] More

  • Lockheed Exhibits Electric Fiber Laser Tech; Ray Johnson Comments
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    Lockheed Exhibits Electric Fiber Laser Tech; Ray Johnson Comments

    Lockheed Martin has moved to extend its laser weapon technology for air, land and sea military applications by demonstrating a 30-kilowatt electric fiber laser. The company integrated fiber lasers into a beam of light that uses low power as part of an internally-funded research and development program, Lockheed said Tuesday. Ray Johnson, senior vice president and […] More

  • Deb Alderson: Sotera Extends FBI Work with Sentinel Maintenance Task Order
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    Deb Alderson: Sotera Extends FBI Work with Sentinel Maintenance Task Order

    Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a $60 million task order to help the FBI maintain its Sentinel information and case management program. The five-year order falls under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Unrestricted Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, Sotera announced Tuesday. “Sotera is honored to be awarded this contract with Sentinel, which is used by the dedicated men […] More

  • General Atomics to Add 80 Jobs at Mississippi Campus
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    General Atomics to Add 80 Jobs at Mississippi Campus

    General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park. […] More

  • ICF to Help Design Intl Emissions Trading System; David Hathaway Comments
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    ICF to Help Design Intl Emissions Trading System; David Hathaway Comments

    ICF International will work with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation to develop and implement emissions trading systems in China. The company will design greenhouse gas emissions trading in China with the goal of helping the country lower emissions, ICF International said Wednesday. David Hathaway, vice president and managing director for ICF […] More

  • Suncor Energy Picks Jacobs Engineering for Oil Sands, Plant Services Contract
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    Suncor Energy Picks Jacobs Engineering for Oil Sands, Plant Services Contract

    Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a two-year oil sands and plant services contract by Suncor Energy Services to work at the Fort McMurray Base Plan in Edmonton, Alberta. Jacobs will provide management services and plant maintenance support for mechanical, rotating and operating equipment, Jacobs announced Tuesday. “We have provided services to Suncor at their facilities across […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering to Help Run Federal Railroad Program; Kevin McMahon Comments
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    Jacobs Engineering to Help Run Federal Railroad Program; Kevin McMahon Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group will work with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to oversee a Federal Railroad Administration program under a potential five-year, $70 million contract. Jacobs will provide monitoring, technical assistance, review and training to grantees and borrowers of the FRA Grant and Loan program, Jacobs said Tuesday. “Passenger and freight rail systems are vital components […] More

  • MITRE, Harvard Partner on Nanocomputer System; Shamik Das Comments
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    MITRE, Harvard Partner on Nanocomputer System; Shamik Das Comments

    The MITRE Corp. and Harvard University are collaborating to develop a nanocomputer system. A team of scientists and engineers worked to design and assemble an ultra-small control processor called nanoFSM (nanoelectronic finite-state machine), which uses very little power to function, MITRE said Monday. The nanoFSM is comprised of hundreds of nanowire transistors within circuits on […] More

  • Verizon to Add Capacity in Santa Clara Data Center
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    Verizon to Add Capacity in Santa Clara Data Center

    Verizon Terremark is adding 4 megawatts of power capacity in its Santa Clara, Calif. data center by installing Active Power electrical infrastructure containers in the roof, Data Center Dynamics reported Friday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes that the PowerHouse containers are intended to grow capacity without expanding the building and are built with uninterruptible power supply systems, switchgear and monitoring […] More

  • McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses
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    McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses

    McKinsey & Co. has outlined the information technology agenda that businesses are likely to embrace in 2014 based on key challenges they faced during the past year. Björn Münstermann, Brent Smolinski and Kara Sprague, principals at McKinsey, propose various tips that could enable IT infrastructure managers to meet budgetary limits, protect business and develop new […] More